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Knolls Action Project
Administrative History

The Knolls Action Project based in Albany, New York grew out of the Blue Karner
Affinity Group that was formed by local activists to participate in anti-nuclear
protests at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in New Hampshire in 1978. The group
decided to focus on the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL), a General Electric
facility that conducted research and training on nuclear propulsion systems
for the United States Navy. The KAPL site, located in Niskayuna, N.Y., designed
propulsion systems for the nuclear navy, including the Trident submarine system.
The West Milton, N.Y. KAPL facility (or Kesselring site) was where naval crews
trained to operate the Trident and other nuclear submarines. [1] In October
1978 the group began its Friday morning leafleting of KAPL workers at the facility's
two sites. The purpose was to educate workers to the issues related to KAPL
and the arms race. Each leaflet began with a message to KAPL employees, and
included a reprint of articles, news clippings, and reports that often contradicted
information that was disseminated in the mainstream media. Leaflet topics included
disarmament, radiation safety, economic conversion, US-Soviet relations and
nonviolence. In December 1978, the Knolls Community Action Conversion Project
was formed with "goals of public education related to the work of KAPL, economic
conversion and nonviolent resistance." [2] Informal conversations with workers
led to the knowledge of problems regarding worker and environmental safety.
In October 1979 the Knolls Action Coalition was officially formed and in 1981
the name Knolls Action Project (KAP) was adopted. By the summer of 1981, KAP
was distributing 450-500 leaflets weekly to KAPL employees as they drove to
work. According to a KAP newsletter, one of the objectives of the leafleting
was ". to create a dialogue and speak to people's conscience. We have made a
great effort not to be 'pointing the finger' at the individuals who work at
Knolls. In fact the strength of our presence is in the way we actively respect
Knolls workers as people, greet them with openness, keep our sense of humor
and choose not to respond to the occasional expressions of anger or violence
with the same. The strength of our message is that we incorporate the necessity
of economic conversion and job security as we work for an end to the destructive
work that Knolls is involved with." [3]

In addition to its educational efforts, KAP actively worked to effect changes.
It put military personnel in touch with draft counseling organizations, and
developed a program to support KAPL workers who decided to seek alternative
employment. The group faced its first direct challenge when, in July 1982, it
was banned by KAPL management from entering the grounds of the Niskayuna facility.
Leafleting continued across the road. The New York Civil Liberties Union took
the case to Federal Court claiming KAPL violated the group's Constitutional
rights and right of free speech. The Judge ruled in favor of KAPL in January
1985 explaining it was a classified facility with a right to limit public access.
The U.S Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision. In 1986 KAP organized
opposition to the naming of a nuclear submarine after the city of Albany. KAP
also organized a caravan to follow the rail route of the Seawolf nuclear reactor
containment vessel that was dug up and transported from West Milton to Ballston
Spa where it was shipped by rail to a nuclear waste dump. [4]

Other KAP activities involved public education, including house meetings,
personal contact with groups and individuals, and door-to-door canvassing. Beginning
in 1979 KAP organized annual vigils to commemorate the anniversaries of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. Though nonviolent and generally non-confrontational, they practiced
civil disobedience on several occasions. The first time, in January 1981, twelve
members of the group were arrested. KAP's interest in disarmament led some of
its members to become involved in other activist groups as well. Billy Aul became
a local draft counselor and joined Upstate Resistance. KAP members were also
involved in military tax resistance.

The early 1990s saw KAP increase involvement in regional and national activities,
including "campaigns for legislation affecting the nuclear weapons complex,
participation in regulatory and oversite hearings, and national networking and
support for the work of other groups allied against the Department of Energy's
military nuclear complex. . involvement in additional peace, environmental,
and public policy issues relating to Knolls and the weapons complex." [5] With
the apparent end of the Cold War, environmental issues began to take on importance.
One larger project was the Nuclear Waste Track Watch Project (NWTW). KAP worked
with the Snake River Alliance and Nukewatch to track KAPL radioactive waste
as it was shipped to a DOE site in Idaho. The project was intended to yield
national coverage of "secret" KAPL/Navy waste shipments. [6] By 1993 KAP was
able to claim numerous successes. It had obtained national grants and recognition,
maintained a committed core group and its philosophical cohesion, was active
in several coalitions, and was able to claim successes in its work against nuclear
navy programs. On the other hand, there was concern about the reduction in donations,
the over-reliance on grants and the lack of enthusiasm for fundraising. There
was apprehension regarding the declining energy in the core group and interest
in the broader community. There was concern about the perception that the Cold
War was over and that the work at KAPL was no longer an issue. [7] In 1994,
amid rising tensions and disagreement over the direction of the group, KAP members
decided to discontinue leafleting and to end formal meetings.

KAP was involved with a network of local and national groups including the
Military Production Network (MPN), Mobilization for Survival, the regional Weapons
Facilities Conversion Network, Upstate Nuclear Weapons Facility Networking Project,
the Coalition to Stop Trident, the Economic Conversion Study Group, and the
Coalition for a Clean Mohawk River. Publications from these and other organizations
can be found in this collection.

KAP was staffed mostly by volunteers and financed through donations
and fundraisers. It's members came from the religious, women's,
and peace communities. Due to the informal nature of the group,
KAP did not have any prominent leaders. At any given time there
was a core group of approximately 8-10 volunteers. There was
usually one part-time, paid, staff person. Foundation grants
totaling $15,500 in 1993 allowed KAP to increase the hours of
the staff person. As an organization it was instrumental in
forming the Social Action Center in Albany, which later became
known as the Social Justice Center.
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Notes

Knolls Action Project
Scope & Content Note

These records document the activities and interests of KAP from 1978 to 1994.
Some of the information pre-dates the founding of the organization, but was
obtained by members of KAP for research or informational purposes. The collection
is comprehensive, and contains meeting minutes, newsletters, leaflets, clippings,
reports, books and publications, audiovisuals, and peace-related memorabilia.
Though abundant, some of the information is redundant and some of the same clippings,
leaflets and reports can be found filed in several different locations.

Materials from 1979 and the early 1980s come from John Ragusa and/or Mike Baum.
Notebooks and folders contained meeting notes, flyers, clippings, slide show
presentation notes, and photographs of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.

The records consist primarily of information relating to subject matter of
relevance to KAP. The collection is divided into nine series, four of which
contain subject files. Important topics have been filed within their own series.
Series 6 contains miscellaneous subject files. Historical information for the
group can be found in newsletters, meeting minutes, annual reviews, and fact
sheets filed in Series 1. The meeting minutes provide insight into the organization
and operations of KAP between 1982 and 1993. There are no minutes from meetings
prior to July, 1982. The most recent minutes are from the annual meeting of
November 21 and 30, 1993, and includes an income/expense statement and notes
on the discussions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of KAP. Some of this
information is summarized in the Spring 1994 newsletter, and illustrates the
difficulties and issues the organization faced after 15 years. Series 2 contains
information on other activist groups involved in the anti-nuclear movement.
Series 8 contains copies of legal documents and transcripts. Series 9 is a small
collection of audiovisual materials. The files are arranged in alphabetical
order within each series.

The collection contains many copies of leaflets distributed at KAPL between
1979 and 1994. Most can be found in Series 1, but many have been filed within
their subject files. In addition to leafleting KAPL, members of the group were
involved in issues such as radioactive contamination, radioactive waste transport,
draft resistance and nuclear disarmament. KAP formed alliances with many national
and regional organizations. Its work with the Snake River Alliance and Nukewatch
on the Nuclear Waste Track Watch (1992-1993) is well documented. The collection
is a good source of information on the national anti-nuclear movement as well
as local. There are newsletters and flyers prepared by the Center for Economic
Conversion, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction, Native Americans for a Clean
Environment and many others (see Series 2 and Series 7).

KAP conducted extensive research on nuclear issues, and collected and saved
publications and newsletters from numerous sources. Many of these were adapted
for use as leaflet topics. Series 5 contains official government reports from
such agencies as the Government Accounting Office, the U.S. Department of Energy
and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. It also contains
books and other publications by such organizations as Worldwatch Institute,
Institute for Policy Studies, American Friends Service Committee, and The Boston
Study Group. Oversize boxes contain newsletters and publications from national
and international organizations such as Greenpeace, Physicians for Social Responsibility,
the Government Accountability Project, and many grassroots organizations.

The collection contains an abundance of information on draft resistance. Billy
Aul, a member of KAP, was a local draft counselor. During the 1980s through
the Gulf War in 1991, KAP provided assistance to conscientious objectors, appeared
at high schools and street fairs to counteract military recruitment efforts,
and worked in the capital region for the conversion of military resources to
civilian use. Series 7 contains five boxes with information relating to these
efforts.

There are several items of ephemera in series 9.

Knolls Action Project
Series Descriptions

The information in this series provides a look at the organization and history
of KAP through photographs, meeting minutes, newsletters and annual reviews
from 1982 through the spring of 1994. Box 1 contains material related to the
planning of demonstrations and civil disobedience actions. There is an extensive
collection of clippings beginning in 1969, that records press coverage of demonstrations,
incidents involving KAPL, national events involving nuclear power, waste, and
warfare, and letters to the editors of local papers. One of the prominent topics
of Box 1 is the annual actions commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
There are several folders of information dating from 1981 to 1993. There is
information on the International Shadow Project, a memorial where participants
painted human silhouettes on streets and sidewalks to represent what is left
after nuclear war. KAP also maintained contact with anti-nuclear organizations
in Japan. The box contains a Japanese booklet of artwork with both color and
black and white plates of paintings depicting the bombing. Civil disobedience
became an important way for KAP to deliver its messages, and actions were carefully
planned. There are handbooks prepared by national groups describing how to organize
and practice nonviolent civil disobedience. Box 2 contains a large collection
of fact sheets and leaflets prepared by KAP for use as informational tools.
Box 3 is a good source of information about the history and operations of KAP.
It contains meeting minutes and annual reviews; also, information on organizing
non-violent demonstrations and civil disobedience. Other prominent actions recorded
in this Series include the radioactive waste demonstrations of 1992, and the
protest of the U.S.S. Albany, 1986 through 1987, and 1990.

KAP collected flyers and newsletters from many organizations. This series
is a collection of information from other grassroots organizations involved
in the anti-nuclear movement, including Citizens Awareness Network (CAN), Citizens'
Environmental Coalition (CEC), Economic Conversion Council, INFACT, Nukewatch,
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). Information about activist organizations
involved in military resistance can be found in Series 7.

KAP was very concerned about the transport of radioactive waste. KAP formed
an alliance with Nukewatch based in Wisconsin and the Snake River Alliance in
Idaho to track the transport of spent reactor fuel from navy reactors at KAPL
to INEL. Together they organized a network of waste tracking contacts located
in each of the 10 states through which the waste traveled. This project is well
documented and includes flyers, budget sheets, contacts, press coverage, and
a diary of one particular train watcher.

Since the 1940's, DOE has been involved in the research, testing and production
of nuclear weapons. Facilities supporting that effort generated large quantities
of radioactive and hazardous materials which resulted in contamination of many
of the facilities and surrounding areas. Series 4 includes information on these
facilities and subsequent efforts of DOE to clean up and modernize the nuclear
weapons complex. Box 1 contains facilities overviews, including the Final Report
on DOE Nuclear Facilities by the Advisory Committee on Nuclear Facility Safety
to the Secretary of Energy (November, 1991). It also includes information on
environmental restoration, the process by which contaminated sites and facilities
are identified and contamination is contained or removed. Box 2 contains information
on individual DOE facilities.

This series includes miscellaneous reports and legal documentation. Box 1
contains GAO Reports, DEC and DOE publications. Box 2 contains several annual
DOE Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Five-Year Plans. Box 2 also
contains several books and publications prepared by organizations and authored
by individuals advocating disarmament and economic conversion. The publications
in Boxes 1 and 2 are listed in the order they can be found in the boxes. Box
3 contains copies of reports and surveys, some dating as far back as 1956. Some
copies are of poor quality and difficult to read or determine the date. Some
of the documents were obtained through FOIA requests.

This series contains information on miscellaneous subjects. Boxes 1 through
3 contain folders that are filed alphabetically. Among the prominent subjects,
Box 1 contains documentation related to health and safety issues at KAPL sites.
Box 2 contains information on naval shipyards and submarines. There is an extensive
file on the Seawolf submarine. Box 3 includes testimony from the December 1990
hearing, environmental assessment, and documents relating to the AFR/NRDC lawsuit
regarding the proposed installation and operation of the Advanced Fleet Reactor
prototype at Kesselring site (1990-1992). Box 4 includes an extensive clipping
file on GE and its issues (community relations, union, strikes).

Billy Aul donated much of the material in this series. It contains primarily
leaflets, flyers and handouts from grassroots organizations promoting draft
resistance and conscientious objection, economic conversion, and military tax
resistance. As a draft counselor, Ms. Aul helped conscientious objectors obtain
discharge from military service. There are several cases documented in Box 1.
Some of these folders contain personal information and access is restricted.
Please consult the Curator of Manuscripts for access. The collection contains
papers from the Military Tax Resistance and Alternative Fund (MTRAF). According
to the Statement of Purpose: The MTRAF represents conscientious objectors who
refuse to support the military with their tax dollars. Alternatively, we wish
to donate our combined, resisted tax monies to local, life-enriching activities
(Box 4, Folder 15).

This series contains the records of the ACLU case brought by KAP against KAPL
challenging the leafleting restriction. There are copies of legal documents
and transcripts from the trial and subsequent appeal. The series also includes
transcripts from the trespass case (1988) and gag order case (1988).

The series contains a small collection of audio-visual materials. There is
a slide show, cassette and script prepared by the National War Tax Resistance
Coordinating Committee. There are several audio-tapes, including a 1990 radio
interview with Jack Shannon, a former employee and "whistleblower" at KAPL,
and a tape of the Seminar on Economic Conversion (January 10, 1987).

There are also several oversize boxes of ephemera created for or used at demonstrations.
Items in Box 2 include buttons with the slogan "I'd Rather Be Making Toys."
These buttons were purchased by supporters for $1 and handed out to workers
at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. There are a few of the origami cranes
that were given out to the Knolls workers on August 6, 1987, in commemoration
of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Balloons with anti-nuclear
and anti-bomb slogans such as "I Want to Grow Up Not Blow Up" and "Blow Up Balloons
Not People." There are also plastic cups and flowers, stickers, an inflatable
fighter jet, and a raffle box created for one of the group's events. Box 3,
Textiles, contains banners and fabric worn or used at demonstrations. The banners
read: "Resist Nuclear War Preparations at Knolls Work For Peace," "Stop the
Sub Not In Our Name," "Pentagon Tentacle Trident," and "No More Hibakusha."

3. Action-August 6 (Hiroshima/Nagasaki), 1981-1987. Includes flyers,
leaflets, and a press package explaining civil disobedience at Knolls, August
6, 1985. Includes a booklet of artwork from Japan depicting the bombing.
See oversize box for Livermore Action Group newsletter Days of Commemoration
and Protest.

6. Fundraising (KAP and War Resisters League, 1993), 1991-1993 - Includes several
copies of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal, and information from
a joint fundraising event held with the War Resisters League. Also includes
an undated sign up sheet having to do with a KAP benefit concert.

1. Letters to Editor, 1989, 1991 - Letter from Ellen Kelly-Lind in response
to editorial in Schenectady Gazette calling for creation of an independent
agency to oversee DOE nuclear weapon facilities (1989); letter from Daniel Mackay
in response to article in Albany Times Union regarding the favorable
impact of the Kesselring Site on the community.

11A. 11A. Notes, 1979, undated - Handwritten notes concerning the groups activities,
calendar of events, and brainstorming lists. Also includes reports on KAPL safety
and protocol. These notes may have belonged to Mike Baum and/or John Ragusa.

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Box and Folder List

3. Citizens Awareness Network (CAN), 1991, 1992, 1994 - Correspondence between
Daniel Mackay and Dale MacLeod of CAN documenting their attempts to gain support
from New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General in opposing the installation
of a new atomic reactor at KAPL.

30. Nukewatch: TruckWatch Materials, 1984-1992 - Information on TruckWatch,
the transportation of H-bombs and component parts in unmarked trucks by the
DOE. Includes correspondence between Daniel Mackay and Bonnie Urfer of
Nukewatch. See oversize box for copies of Pathfinder.

31. Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)-National and Local, 1988-1994
- Newsletters. Also contains papers documenting KAP's work with Capital
District PSR chapter.

6. DOE: Spent Fuel Transport (misc.), 1984-1992 - Includes documents relating
to shipment of radioactive waste to Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL),
and a DOE Environmental Assessment of the proposed adoption and implementation
of a United States Policy on receipt and reprocessing of spent research reactor
fuel (off-site fuels policy).

Knolls Action Project

2. DOE: Environmental Restoration, 1993 - DOE plan to clean up the environment
at its defense sites. Includes transcript of Environmental Restoration
and Waste Management Advisory Committee public meeting in Colorado.

4. DOE: INEL (Reports), 1991-1993 - Includes a Citizens guide to the Idaho
National Engineering Laboratory compiled for the Environmental Defense
Institute, two GAO Reports on Nuclear Health and Safety at INEL.

6. DOE: Los Alamos Labs, 1991-1993 - Includes a conference report from LANL
2000: The role of the National Laboratory in the 21st Century (Aug. 20-22, 1993),
and A Citizen's Guide to Los Alamos National Laboratory compiled by
Concerned citizens for Nuclear Safety.

9. DOE: Pantex, 1991-1994 - Includes several copies of The Nuclear Examiner,
and a draft copy of the "Environmental Assessment for interim storage of plutonium
components at Pantex" prepared by DOE.

10. DOE: Piketon, 1991-1993 - Clippings.

11. DOE: Pinellas, 1991 - Clippings.

12. DOE: Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, 1984, 1991-1995 - Includes several
copies of "Environmental Restoration," a fact sheet prepared by DOE, as well
as information obtained by Daniel Mackay during a 1995 visit to the Portsmouth
Gaseous Diffusion Plant. See oversize box for original Special Section
from the Portsmouth Daily Times, Sunday, Sept. 25, 1994: "Celebrating
40 years of Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant."

2. The Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices - Dangerous
Cargo! The transportation of hazardous materials by highway: an analysis of
federal and state regulations aimed at minimizing risk, with legislative recommendations
for New York State (1993)

3. Community Teamwork: Working together to promote hazardous materials
transportation safety (DOT, 1983)

4. GAO Report - World Agriculture: Factors influencing trends in world
agricultural production and trade (1989)

49. The Council on Economic Priorities - The Costs and Consequences of
Reagan's Military Buildup: A report to The International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO and The Coalition for a New Foreign and Military
Policy (1982).

8. First Strike/Trident II, 1978, 1980-1987 - Articles and information on nuclear
weapons. See oversize box for "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age" (Special
Section to the Boston Globe, Oct.17, 1982), The New Generation of Nuclear
Weapons (NARMIC)

9. Floating Reactors: The Secret Story of Nuclear Power at Sea (Greenpeace),
[ undated]

20. Military Contractors, 1980, 1981, 1985-1987, 1989 - Clippings, information
sheets, and a report prepared by the American Friends Service Committee and
the Central New York Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign Onondaga County's place
in the nuclear arms race: Anti-submarine warfare.

5. Royal Navy: Nuclear Emergency Planning, 1990-1993 - Contains reports by
Greenpeace, and William Peden of the Nuclear Transport Information Group on
the planning for nuclear naval accidents in specific areas of Great Britain.

1. AFR-Draft Environmental Assessment and Testimony, 1991 - "Proposed Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI)" based on the "Environmental Assessment: Installation
and operation of the AFR prototype in the S8G prototype plant located at the
KAPL Kesselring Site," and NRDC/KAP comments.

10. Committee Nuclear Power Issues, 1992, 1993 - Testimonies given to the U.S.
House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology (1993)

11. Comprehensive Test Ban, 1993

12. Conversion Issues, 1989-1993

13. Defense Industrial Base Issues, 1992, 1993 - Briefing Book on the Military-Industrial
Complex published by Council for a Livable World Education Fund, and GAO
report Defense Industrial Base: An overview of an emerging issue.

19. FOIA Requests: NYS Government, 1991-1992 - Correspondence related to the
use of the Ballston Spa sail siding for the transport of radioactive materials.

20. F.O.N.S.I., 1991 - Finding of No Significant Impact based on the "Environmental
Assessment: Installation and operation of the AFR prototype in the S8G prototype
plant located at the KAPL Kesselring Site."

50. Reactor Dismantlement, 1990-1992 - Includes clippings, and a copy of Decommissioning
of Nuclear Facilities: An analysis of the variability of decommissioning cost
estimates. This is a publication of the International Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development.

8. Children, 1983-1985, 1987 - Includes leaflets, and testimony heard before
House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families (Rep. George Miller)
holding hearing on Children's Fears of War (1983).

24. Cruise/Pershing II (European Reaction), 1981-1987 - Includes clippings,
newsletters, statements documenting European grassroots opposition to the deployment
of the Cruise and Pershing II missiles. See oversize box for copy of Campaign
(News of CND activities), 1984 and copy of Rauhan Puolestal, 1984,
English edition of Journal of Finnish Peace Committee. Also,
a copy of In Amsterdam, Thinking about the Bomb, 1982 (Presented at
an international public hearing sponsored by the World Council of Churches in
Amsterdam, Nov 23-27, 1981); also poster "Work for Peace," and two copies of
Sanity (voice of CND), 1984, 1985.

25. "The Day After" (film), 1983 - Includes a viewers guide prepared by the
Cultural Information Service.

29. Draft: Aliens, 1984-1986 - Includes article from the National Lawyers Guild
Military Law Task Force on "The obligation of undocumented workers to register
under selective service law." See oversize box for copy of The Nonviolent
Activist (1986).

5. Draft: Military Counseling, 1982-1990 - Contains primarily information for
military counselors, including The Objector: Journal of Draft and Military
Counseling.

6. Draft: Military Counseling, 1991-1992 - See oversize box for three issues
of The ANTI-WARrior (1991-1992); Also, a copy of StormWarning
(1991) published by Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist.

18. Draft: Pacifism, 1979-1984 - Contains leaflets, clippings and articles,
some from religious organizations; also a copy of Neither Victims nor Executioners
by Albert Camus. See oversize box for copy of The NONVIOLENT Activist
(1986) and War and Peace: A Handbook for Peacemaking in Upstate New York.

19. Draft: Persian Gulf Resisters Literature, 1991

20. Draft: ROTC, 1974, 1981, 1984 - Includes a copy of Military Training
for 14-year olds: The growth of high school ROTC, a study sponsored by
the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries with the cooperation of NISBCO.

21. Draft: Racism, 1978-1979 - Flyers, articles and clippings pertaining to
African-Americans in the military. Includes congressional Black Caucus
statement in opposition to the reinstitution of the draft and draft registration.

25. Draft: Resistance, 1980-1984 - Flyers, newsletters; includes Prosecution
of Non-Registrants: An organizer's guide, produced by CARD, Military Law
Task Force (NLG) and Washington Area Military and Draft Law Panel. See
oversize box for five copies of Resistance News (1982, 1983,1984).

See oversize box for poster advertising the Finger Lakes Military Counseling
and Information Center. Also, handmade poster advertising war resistance
and draft counseling, and posters from CCCO, Veterans for Life, and NISBCO.

9. Draft: Youth and Militarism Directory (1992-1993 Edition) - A guide
to counseling help for young people.

10. Economic Conversion, 1981-1989 - Leaflets, articles, newsletters, clippings.
Includes a special issue of WIN: Peace and freedom through nonviolent action
on "Conversion Organizing." See oversize box for an issue of the Berkshire
Economy (Feb.27, 1987) dealing with Industrial Crisis . and Opportunity.

12. Economic Conversion, 1986-1987 - Leaflets, articles, newsletters, clippings.
Includes report to Governor Dukakis by the Governor's Advisory Committee on
the impact of the nuclear arms race on Massachusetts (1986).

13. Economic Conversion, 1986-1989 - Leaflets, articles, newsletters, clippings.
Includes information sent by Louise McNeilly of the Center for Economic Conversion
to Carolyn Mow; also information on conversion projects in other states and
Canada.

25. Economic Conversion: Weapons Facilities Conversion Network, 1987-1989 -
Information prepared by this organization, minutes of meetings. Also contains
"Political Strategies for the Economic Conversion of Military Production," a
paper prepared by Donald Wells for delivery to the Canadian Political Science
Association (1988).

26. Economic Conversion: Women, 1983, 1985-1986.

27. Economic Diversification Conference, Nov. 18, 1989.

28. Event Flyers, [ undated]

29. Fast for Life, 1983 - Information pertaining to worldwide action for disarmament.
See oversize box for two copies of Fast for Life newsletter.

5. Labor, 1982-1987 - Leaflets and articles; Publications of the Labor Research
Association, Industrial Union Department (AFL-CIO), Labor Education and Research
Project; Labor Area Summaries published by the NYS Department of Labor.
See oversize box for two copies of IUE News (1986) and one copy of
The Mill Hunk Herald (1983).

15. MTRAF: Archives, 1980-1981 - Resource list, "Statement of Purpose" flyers,
information from the Center on Law and Pacifism.

16. MTRAF: Archives, 1980-1986 - Posters, handouts, letters

17. MTRAF: Brochures, Mailings (originals), 1981-1986

18. MTRAF: Mailings, Flyers, 1983-1985

19. MTRAF: Press Releases and Newspaper Clippings, 1981-1986

20. MTRAF: Re-Distribution, 1982-1986 - Contains letters, thank you notes,
and information regarding the program and distribution of funds.

21. MTRAF: Original Materials, 1981-1986 - Flyers and general information sheets;
also, Affirm Life: Pay for Peace, a handbook for World Peace Tax Fund
Educations/Organizers (1981), People Pay for Peace: A military tax refusal
guide for radical religious pacifists and people of conscience, published
by Center Peace Publishers (1982), Guide to War Tax Resistance, War
Resisters League (1981).

27. Military Leaders on Nuclear Issues, 1979, 1981-1984, 1988 - Flyers, leaflets;
also, three articles from the Annals of the American Academy of Political and
Social Science (Sept. 1983) opposing nuclear armament.

28. Miscellaneous Newsletters, 1991

29. Miscellaneous Correspondence, Articles, 1990, 1991 - Includes article from
Mother Earth News on the effects of Chernobyl on a Swedish organic
farm, and correspondence regarding an appeal of the denial of a FOI request.

30. Miscellaneous Publications, 1991 - Includes publications of the CEC, Institute
for Community Economics, Southwest Research and Information Center, UpRiver/DownRiver,
and Campaign for Peace and Democracy.

Box 5
Folders

1. MOBE (Mobilization for Survival), 1984-1988 - Information from and about
MOBE. See oversize box for 10 copies of The Mobilizer (1981-1984).

2. MOBE: Conference, January 1988 - Includes information on MOBE programming,
structure, finances, proposal for a political program. Also includes correspondence
regarding KAP's changing relationship with MOBE.

3. MOBE: Speaking Tour, 1990

4. MOBE: Weapons Facilities Network Bulletin, 1986-1988

5. NARMIC (National Action Research on the Military Industrial Complex), 1978
- Newsletter.

16. Peace Organizations-New York State, 1980-1984 - Newsletters and information
from various organizations.

17. Peace Walks, 1988

18. Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Includes War in the Gulf: An environmental
perspective, prepared by the Political Ecology Group (PEG), and Desert
Folly: Background paper on the war with Iraq, by Bob Aldridge.

20. Polls-Local Communities, [ undated] - Contains a questionnaire from the
summer of 1980, cards documenting interactions during a house-to-house canvas
(undated), responses to poll of May 1, 1982, and leafleting data forms from
1985.

21. Postcards, [ undated] - Photo-ready graphic.

22. Religious Groups and Issues, 1979, 1981-1985 - Booklets, handouts, clippings.
See oversize box for copy of Economic Justice for All: Catholic social teaching
and the U.S. economy (a documentary service of The Evangelist,
Jan.1, 1987).

31. Social Workers, [ undated] - Includes a proposal to implement an educational
outreach program for human service agency staff.

32. Solidarity Peace Fund (Pantex), 1982 - Information regarding a fund used
for employees of Pantex Plant who leave employment to seek work in non-military
industry. See oversize box for copy of National Catholic Reporter.

46. Vietnam Veterans United to Prevent World War III, 1987 - Newsletters.

See oversize box for newsletters prepared by HEAL, American Friends
Service Committee, Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy, Faith
and Resistance Center for Nonviolent Studies, Syracuse Peace Council, Citizen
Alert, the Nuclear Resister, Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action,
Nuclear Weapons Freeze. Also, copies of The Niskayuna Journal, Current:
The Journal of North Country Action, and the Progressive.

Box 3Textiles, circa 1980s, undated
1. Banner, "Resist Nuclear War Preparation At Knolls Work For Peace"
1. Banner, "Stop the Sub Not in Our Name", possibly used at
demonstrations in opposition to the nuclear submarine named after the city of Albany
1. Banner, "Pentagon Tentacle Trident"
1. Banner, "No More Hibakusha"
1. Fabric, Possibly used as headbands or for banners